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Qué (quién) es PASSING - definición
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Passing (disambiguation)
passing
¦ adjective
1. going past.
2. (of a period of time) going by.
3. carried out quickly and lightly: a passing glance.
4. (of a resemblance or similarity) slight.
¦ noun
1. the action of passing.
2. the passage of something, especially time.
3. the end of something.
euphemistic a person's death.
Phrases
in passing briefly and casually.
Derivatives
passingly adverb
passing
1.
A passing fashion, activity, or feeling lasts for only a short period of time and is not worth taking very seriously.
Hamnett does not believe environmental concern is a passing fad...
? lasting
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
The passing of something such as a time or system is the fact of its coming to an end.
It was an historic day, yet its passing was not marked by the slightest excitement...
N-SING: with poss
3.
You can refer to someone's death as their passing, if you want to avoid using the word 'death' because you think it might upset or offend people.
His passing will be mourned by many people.
N-SING: with poss
4.
The passing of a period of time is the fact or process of its going by.
The passing of time brought a sense of emptiness...
= passage
N-SING: the N of n
5.
A passing mention or reference is brief and is made while you are talking or writing about something else.
It was just a passing comment, he didn't go on about it...
= casual
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
see also pass
7.
If you mention something in passing, you mention it briefly while you are talking or writing about something else.
The army is only mentioned in passing.
= incidentally
PHRASE: PHR with cl, PHR after v
passing
I. a.
Transient, fleeting, momentary, going by.
II. ad.
Surpassingly, wonderfully, exceedingly, excessively.
III. prep.
Exceeding, beyond, over.
Ejemplos de uso de PASSING
1. I recall passing a school entrance and saw a young individual throwing stones at passing vehicles.
2. Ten days ago I had been passing – yes, passing – the Ann Summers in Oxford Street when my mobile phone rang.
3. A passing fashion, in fact a fashion passing so fast that only Stu was quick enough to buy a pair.
4. Forget passing the joint÷ this is passing the buck until any logic fades into an embarrassing blur.
5. They‘re passing some bills through," Ornstein said.